The Role Of Governments In Legislative Agenda Setting (routledge/ecpr Studies In European Political Science)

Setting the agenda for parliament is the most significant institutional weapon for governments to shape policy outcomes, because governments with significant agenda setting powers, like France or the UK, are able to produce the outcomes they prefer, while governments that lack agenda setting powers, such as the Netherlands and Italy in the beginning of the period examined, see their projects significantly altered by their Parliaments. With a strong comparative framework, this coherent volume examines fourteen countries and provides a detailed investigation into the mechanisms by which governments in different countries determine the agendas of their corresponding parliaments. It explores the three different ways that governments can shape legislative outcomes: institutional, partisan and positional, to make an important contribution to legislative politics. It will be of interest to students and scholars of comparative politics, legislative studies/parliamentary research, governments/coalition politics, political economy, and policy studies. Governments And Legislative Agenda Setting : An Introduction / George Tsebelis And Bjørn Erik Rasch -- Germany : Limited Government Agenda Control And Strong Minority Rights / Christoph Hönnige And Ulrich Sieberer -- France : Systematic Institutional Advantage Of Government In Lawmaking / Sylvain Brouard -- Italy : Government Alternation And Legislative Agenda Setting / Francesco Zucchini -- United Kingdom : Extreme Institutional Dominance By The Executive ... Most Of The Time / Mads H. Qvortrup -- Hungary : Changing Government Advantages - Challenging A Dominant Executive / Gabriella Ilonszki And Krisztina Jáger -- The Netherlands : Legislative Agenda Setting And The Politics Of Strategic Lock-in / Arco Timmermans -- Switzerland : Agenda Setting Power Of The Government In A Separation-of-powers Framework / Daniel Schwarz, André Bächtiger, And Georg Lutz -- Greece : Government As The Dominant Player / Aris Alexopoulos -- Spain : Majoritatian Choices, Disciplined Part Government And Compliant Legislature / Natalia Ajenjo And Ignacio Molina -- Portugal : Limited Government And The Influential Role Of Parliament / Eugénia Da Conceição-heldt -- Russia : The Executive In A Leading Role / Iulia Shevchenkoo And Grigorii V. Golosov -- Denmark : Agenda Control And Veto Rights To Opposition Parties / Robert Klemmensen -- Norway : Institutionally Weak Governments And Parliamentary Voting On Bills / Bjørn Erik Rasch -- Japan : Decades Of Partisan Advantages Impeding Cabinent's Agenda Setting Power / Silke Köster-riemann -- Conclusion / Bjørn Erik Rasch And George Tsebelis. Edited By Bjørn Erik Rasch And George Tsebelis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Magicien et devin, Merlin, l'enchanteur de Bretagne, est un personnage mysterieux qui peut changer d'apparence a tout instant, un sage qui connait les secrets du passe comme de l'avenir. D'ou lui viennent ses pouvoirs hors du commun ? On murmure qu'il est le fils du diable... et pourtant, il protege les rois de Bretagne et incite le roi Arthur a fonder la celebre Table Ronde. Or, ces chevaliers n'auront un jour qu'un seul but: la recherche du Saint-Graal. Magicien et devin, Merlin, l'enchanteur de Bretagne, est un personnage mystérieux qui peut changer d'apparence à tout instant, un sage qui connaît les secrets du passé comme de l'avenir. D'où lui viennent ses pouvoirs hors du commun? On murmure qu'il est le fils du diable... et pourtant, il protège les rois de Bretagne et incite Arthur à fonder la Table Ronde. Merlin deviendra ainsi l'allié de tous les chevaliers lancés dans la quête du Saint-Graal